Meir Neumark
Meir Neumark (born 1688 ; date of death unknown; also Meier ben Jehuda Loeb Neumark) was a German translator, geographer and cosmographer.
Life
Neumark, the son of a Berlin printer, began to translate several historical, geographical, physical and astronomical works from Latin and German into Hebrew as early as his youth. A little later he studied in Frankfurt and Nikolsburg , where he was promoted and financed by the court factor David Oppenheim , a well-known, bibliophile rabbi who encouraged Neumark to write further translations.
Although Neumark edited countless transmissions and prepared them for printing, the fear that the conservative Jewish and secular authorities would disseminate the latest scientific knowledge prevailed. Two manuscripts on astronomy and physics , Tokhen Hakadur and Tekhunot Havaya , are in the Oppenheim library.
Trivia
Although Selma Stern describes Neumark as one of the most important Jewish personalities and scholars of early modern Prussia alongside Solomon Hanau , he has largely been forgotten.
Works (selection
- Tokhen Hakadur
- Tekhunot Havaya
literature
- Shmuel Feiner: The Jewish Enlightenment. Translated by Chaya Naor. Pennsylvania 2004, p. 39. ISBN 0-8122-3755-2 .
- Shmuel Feiner; Natalie Naimark-Goldberg: Cultural Revolution in Berlin: Jews in the Age of Enlightenment. Chicago. Chicago 2011. ISBN 978-1851242917 .
- Selma Stern: The Prussian State and the Jews. In: . Volume 2.1. Mohr, Tübingen 1962, p. 167.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Selma Stern: The Prussian State and the Jews . tape 2.1 . Mohr, Tübingen 1962, p. 167 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neumark, Meir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German translator, geographer and cosmographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1688 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century |